Bruce Leon, sitting 50th Ward Democratic Committeeperson and candidate for CPS School Board in the 2nd District, has a long history of political and financial ties to Republicans. But don't take my word for it, take his checkbook's. 🧵1/ - ThreadSky

stephanieskora.bsky.social • 155 days ago

Bruce Leon, sitting 50th Ward Democratic Committeeperson and candidate for CPS School Board in the 2nd District, has a long history of political and financial ties to Republicans.

But don't take my word for it, take his checkbook's.
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

Harkening back to the primordial political days of 2010, Bruce made several donations to a guy named Joel Pollak while he was running for Congress. Who's that? Just a Tea Party Republican & current alt-right news editor who ran against Dem Jan Schakowsky. But that's old news.
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

Fast forward to 2012. It's an election year, and right-wing nutjob Peter Roskam is facing a Democratic challenger in the old 6th Congressional District. Who does Bruce Leon support? Roskam, naturally! And again in 2013!
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

But that was more than a decade ago. Let's check out 2020. This time, Bruce Leon is back on the Democratic side of things! Good job, dude. Who does he give to now? Oh. Notoriously anti-abortion DINO Dan Lipinkski. Planned Parenthood IL, y'all might wanna reconsider your recommendation 👀
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

So, Bruce Leon kept giving to Democrats after that, right? Well... not quite. The year is 2021, Illinois is in the throes of a Gubernatorial Primary, & incumbent Dem JB Pritzker is on the ballot. Again, who does Bruce Leon support? Not JB! He gives to Republican Gary Rabine.
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

Who's Gary Rabine? He's a MAGA Republican who's "always been unapologetically pro-life," is a current Advisory Council member of the alt-right group Turning Point USA. Sounds like exactly the kind of person that a "moderate" like Bruce Leon would support. Very principled.
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stephanieskora.bsky.social•155 days ago

Bruce Leon wasn't done in 2022. He supported South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster during his re-election bid, and when IL Dems were busing people north by the dozens to canvas in Wisconsin, Bruce supported MAGA Ron Johnson against Mandela Barnes for US Senate.
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